Before every gig, Firewind and Ozzy's virtuoso hones his chops with focused drills for sweeping, slurring, and string jumping. Steal his six essential exercises to level up your own metal technique ...

“Look for one that says ‘80’s Icon’ on the case and another one that says ‘Woke As Fuck,’” writes the former Smiths guitarist, who is currently on tour in the US, where, we would assume, whatever was ...

The Deftones guitarist was an early champion of amp modelers, but has re-embraced a more hybrid, amp-dependent setup ...